Improvement in bed-chairs



I-I. W. FORTUNE & A. H. ROBERTS.

BED-CHAIR. i No.185,438. Patented Dec.19,1a76.

TH E GRAPHIC CUJLY,

UNITED STATES PATENT QEETOE HENRY W. FORTUNE AND AUGUSTUS H. ROBERTS, OFSAN FRANCISCO, OAL.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 85,438, datedDecember 19, 1876; application filed March 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY W. FORTUNE and AUGUSTUS H. ROBERTS, of SanFrancisco, in the State of California, have invented an ImprovedBed-Chair; and we do hereby declare the following description andaccompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use oursaid invention or improvement without further invention Or experiment.

Our invention relates to an improved manner Of combining a bed with achair-frame, so that when the bed is folded up into the chair-frame aneat and comfortable easy chair is provided.

In order to more fully illustrate andexplain our invention, reference ishad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification,in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the chair. Fig. 2l is a viewof the parts unfolded.

Our convertible bed and chair are composed principally of three parts,viz., the chair-bottom A, middle section B, and end section C. Thehead-board D of the extended bed forms a back for the chair when the bedis folded up. The sections A, B, and C are hinged together, so that themiddle section B will turn over and rest upon the chair-bottom A, whilethe end section C is carried over by the folding Of the section B, so asto stand vertically against the back or head board D. The seetions B Oare upholstered upon both sides, the outside, when folded, beingupholstered similar to an easy chair of ordinary construction. Thesection B has parts E E, which serve as arms for the chair when thesections are folded, but which rest upon the floor and serve as asupport Or as extra legs when the sections are extended. TO the outereXtremity of the section O is hinged afoot-board, H, which has a leg, I,secured at each side, and is folded up against the back or board D, asin Fig. l, the foot-board then lying in the same plane with the section,the legs turning up alongside of its edges, so as to form an ornamentfor the chair; but when the sections are extended into a bed thefoot-board is turned so as to stand at right angles to the section C,the legs resting on the door.

The sections can be folded up, when desired, with perfect ease, as byraising the frames B O they will fall into place, the frame B coveringthe chair-bottom A, so as to form the cushioned seat and arms while theframe C covers the back or head board, so as to provide the cushionedback.

By this means We provide a simple, neat, and convenient chair, which,when extended, forms a bedstead with head and foot-boards and stationarymattress.

We Aare aware that extension-chairs have been constructed in sections,which fold and unfold similar to Ours, forming a chair when folded and abed when unfolded. But in these chairs the arms were rigidly attached tothe chair-frame, and the chair did not lose its identit-y when unfoldedas a bed. The arms of the chair remained the saine. By Our constructionOf section B We make the arms of the chair become the main support ofthe bed when unfolded, and when properly made up our device has the neatand tidy appearance of a bedstead and bed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent-is- The back Or head board D, and seat-bottom A, maderigidly in one piece, in combination with the hinged seat B, havingrigid arms to form legs for the central portion, and hinged false backC, having the hinged foot-board H and legs I I, all constructed,arranged, and operated as set forth.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals.

HENRY WILLIAM FORTUNE. [L. 5.] AUGUSTUS HENRY ROBERTS. [L. s] Witnesses:

JOHN L. BOONE, C. M. RICHARDSON.

